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2010 STANFORD SOFTBALL Softball Contact: Regina Verlengiere Email: [email protected] • Office Phone: (650) 723-0996 • Cell Phone: (805) 478-4198 2010 Schedule/Results For Immediate Release: Apr. 28, 2010 Overall Record: 31-12 • Pac-10 Record: 4-8 Date Opponent Location Result/Time Stanford Clashes With Arizona State 2/11 Texas A&M CC Honolulu, HI W, 10-2 (5) 2/12 McNeese State Honolulu, HI W, 9-0 (5) In Pac-10 Series This Weekend 2/12 Hawai’i Honolulu, HI W, 2-0 2/13 Texas A&M CC Honolulu, HI W, 5-2 The Cardinal will host the Sun Devils for a three-game series Fri. - Sun. 2/13 Hawai’i Honolulu, HI L, 11-5 2/19 Illinois Stanford, CA W, 8-0 (5) THIS WEEK: The No. 14 Cardinal (31-12, 4-8 Pac-10) will play host to seventh- 2/19 UC Riverside Stanford, CA W, 9-1 (5) ranked Arizona State (37-10, 6-6 Pac-10) at Smith Family Stadium for three 2/20 Nevada Stanford, CA W, 10-2 (5) games this weekend. 2/20 Sacramento State Stanford, CA W, 1-0 2/21 No. 17 Fresno State Stanford, CA Rained Out 2/25 No. 21 Tennessee Palm Springs, CA W, 8-7 THE SCHEDULE: The series opener versus the Sun Devils is set for 7 p.m., 2/26 No. 23 Northwestern Palm Springs, CA L, 4-0 Friday, Apr. 30. Game two is scheduled for Saturday, May 1 at 1 p.m., and the 2/26 Long Beach State Palm Springs, CA W, 4-3 series finale will be Sunday, May 2 at Noon. 2/27 No. 24 Texas A&M Palm Springs, CA Rained Out 2/28 Syracuse Palm Springs, CA W, 7-3 Stanford will host Santa Clara, Tuesday, May 4 at 6 p.m., before 2/28 UNLV Palm Springs, CA W, 6-0 UP NEXT: 3/5 No. 3 Florida Fullerton, CA W, 2-0 traveling to the Pacific Northwest to take on the nation’s top-ranked team, 3/5 Cal State Fullerton Fullerton, CA W, 13-1 (5) the Washington Huskies. The Cardinal and Huskies will play three games at 3/6 North Carolina Fullerton, CA L, 3-0 Husky Softball Stadium. Friday night’s game will be tape-delayed by FSN. 3/6 Northwestern Fullerton, CA Rained Out 3/7 Indiana Fullerton, CA W, 4-0 LOWE’S SENIOR CLASS awaRD: Senior Alissa Haber has been named one 3/19 Santa Clara Stanford, CA W, 8-0 (6) 3/20 Princeton Stanford, CA W, 7-0 of 10 finalists for the 2010 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, given annually to a 3/20 Saint Mary’s Stanford, CA W, 8-0 (5) student-athlete who excels both on and off the field. Fans have the opportunity 3/21 Cal Poly Stanford, CA W, 8-0 (6) to vote on the award’s official Web site, http://www.seniorCLASSaward.com, as 3/21 Saint Mary’s Stanford, CA W, 3-2 well as through text messaging. Fans can text SOFTBALL to 74567 to vote for 3/23 UC Davis Davis, CA W, 6-2 the finalists. 3/26 CS Bakersfield Stanford, CA W, 12-0 (5) 3/26 BYU Stanford, CA L, 4-2 3/27 UC Santa Barbara Stanford, CA W, 7-0 3/27 CS Bakersfield Stanford, CA W, 2-1 3/28 Pacific Stanford, CA W, 6-0 2010 Stanford Softball Roster 4/1 No. 14 California* Stanford, CA W, 1-0 (12) No. Name Pos. B/T Yr. Ht. Hometown 4/2 No. 14 California* Stanford, CA W, 5-1 1 Jenna Becerra P/INF/OF R/R SO 5-8 Camarillo, Calif. 4/3 No. 14 California* Stanford, CA L, 6-0 2 Jenna Rich P/INF R/R FR 5-9 El Segundo, Calif. 4/6 UC Davis Stanford, CA W, 17-0 (5) 3 Ashley Hansen INF L/R SO 5-7 Chandler, Ariz. 4/9 Oregon State* Corvallis, OR W, 4-3 4 Sarah Hassman OF S/R SO 5-6 Cupertino, Calif. 4/10 Oregon State* Corvallis, OR W, 1-0 5 Melisa Koutz INF R/R JR 5-10 Valencia, Calif. 4/11 Oregon State* Corvallis, OR L, 10-8 6 Alissa Haber OF L/L SR 5-8 Newark, Calif. 4/16 No. 4 Arizona* Tucson, AZ L, 3-2 7 Ashley Chinn P R/R JR 5-6 Belmont, Calif. 4/17 No. 4 Arizona* Tucson, AZ L, 10-2 (6) 8 Mary Kate Smith INF R/R SO 5-10 Tampa, Fla. 4/18 No. 4 Arizona* Tucson, AZ L, 5-4 9 Tegan Shmidt UTL L/R FR 5-4 Rocklin, Calif. 4/23 No. 6 UCLA* Stanford, CA L, 10-0 (5) 10 Jaquilyn Edwards OF L/R FR 5-9 Tustin, Calif. 4/24 No. 6 UCLA* Stanford, CA L, 7-3 11 Caitlin Breen OF L/L FR 5-6 Burlingame, Calif. 4/25 No. 6 UCLA* Stanford, CA L, 10-1 (6) 12 Autumn Albers OF L/R JR 5-3 Danville, Calif. 4/27 San Jose State Stanford, CA W, 4-1 13 Rosey Neill C R/R SR 5-7 Laguna Hills, Calif. 4/30 No. 7 Arizona State* Stanford, CA 7 p.m. 15 Teagan Gerhart P/INF R/R FR 5-8 Norco, Calif. 5/1 No. 7 Arizona State* Stanford, CA 1 p.m. 16 Kelsey Gerhart C/OF R/R FR 5-7 Norco, Calif. 5/2 No. 7 Arizona State* Stanford, CA 12 p.m. 19 Alix Van Zandt INF R/R FR 5-10 Bellevue, Wash. 5/4 Santa Clara Stanford, CA 6 p.m. 25 Maya Burns C/UTL R/R SO 5-8 San Mateo, Calif. 5/7 Washington* Seattle, WA 6 p.m. 33 Christina Goswiller INF R/R SO 5-9 Manhattan Beach, Calif. 5/8 Washington* Seattle, WA 4 p.m. 36 Shannon Koplitz INF/OF R/R SR 5-6 New Orleans, La. 5/9 Washington* Seattle, WA 12 p.m. 5/13 Oregon* Stanford, CA 7 p.m. Head Coach: John Rittman (14th season, New Mexico State ‘86) 5/14 Oregon* Stanford, CA 6 p.m. Associate Head Coach: Trisha Ford (7th season, Saint Mary’s ‘99) 5/15 Oregon* Stanford, CA 12 p.m. Assistant Coach: Laura Severson (1st season, Stanford ‘06) 5/21-23 NCAA Regionals TBA TBA Volunteer Assistant Coach: Missy Penna (1st season, Stanford ‘09) 5/28-30 Super Regionals TBA TBA 6/3-9 College World Series Oklahoma City, OK --2010 Stanford Softball-- KEEP YOUR EYE ON...: Stanford’s Alissa Haber and Teagan Gerhart were among the 25 USA Today/NFCA Poll players named to the USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year watch list. The (Apr. 27) 25 picks represent 20 different schools and seven different conferences. Haber and Gerhart were two of the eight selections from the Pac-10. 1. Washington 2. Michigan NATIONAL RANKINGS: As a team, Stanford ranks in the top-50 in the nation in several 3. Arizona statistical categories: Batting Average (.305, 34th), Fielding Percentage (.974, 12th), W-L Per- 4. Alabama centage (.714, 36th), Doubles Per Game (1.6, 14th), Stolen Bases Per Game (1.5, 40th) and 5. UCLA Slugging Percentage (.478, 30th). 6. Florida 7. Arizona State IN THE POLLS: After dropping seven in a row, the Cardinal fell four spots in the USA To- 8. Georgia day/NFCA poll and dropped three spots in the ESPN.com/USA Softball top-25, coming in at 9. Georgia Tech No. 14 in both polls this week. The Cardinal has appeared in every regular-season poll for 10. Missouri more than a decade. Seven of the eight Pac-10 schools appeared in both polls, with as many 11. Oklahoma State as five appearing in the top-10. 12. Oklahoma TOUGH DEFENSE: Stanford has tallied a shutout in 17 of its 31 wins this season. Seven of 13. California those were run-rule victories for the Cardinal. Overall, the team has earned 11 of its 31 wins 14. STANFORD by the run-rule. Additionally, Stanford’s .979 fielding percentage in conference play ranks 15. Texas second in the Pac-10. 16. Tennessee 17. LSU HARD TO HANDLE: All-American outfielder Alissa Haber entered her senior season with 18. Illinois a .395 career batting average, a clip which stands only behind that of two-time Olympian 19. Ohio State Jessica Mendoza in the Cardinal record books. After leading Stanford in nearly every of- 20. Oregon fensive category the last three years, Haber is a three-time All-American. She joins Mendoza 21. Massachusetts as the only players in school history to enter their senior year as a three-time All-American. 22. Texas A&M So far in 2010, Haber is hitting .450 with 58 hits on 131 at-bats. She has tallied 42 runs, 13 23. Hawai’i doubles, two triples, five home runs and 28 RBI. 24. Florida State 25. Notre Dame BEHIND THE PLATE: Rosey Neill returns for her senior season as the two-time Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year. Her .992 career fielding percentage ranks second in Cardinal ESPN.com/USA Softball Poll history as does her 1,630 putouts. Offensively, she has been looked upon to provide power (Apr. 27) in the middle of the lineup. On the season, she is hitting .287, with 33 hits, including nine doubles and three home runs, 22 RBI and a .443 slugging percentage. She’s also second on 1.